Searching with VicSearch Directory

VicSearch Directory uses full text natural language Boolean search to query the database and locate exactly what you are looking for. Search results are sorted by their relevance to the search term.

• Perform a simple search to locate entries that contain any of the words in the search term.
  
  
• Use the Boolean function to exclude words preceded by '-' from the search term.
  
  
• Place brackets '()' around sub-expressions to give them higher precedence in the search.
  
  
• A phrase enclosed in double quotes will only match rows that contain the complete phrase.
  
  
• For more details on Boolean search please visit the VicSearch Help Page
  
  

You can now find exactly what you need without sifting through the thousands of irrelevant results to find websites like you do with the major search engines. It is always possible to use advanced searches to refine search results but VicSearch Directory makes it un-necessary because the entries are added by humans who check that the sites content is relevant for the category selected and ensure it is suitable for families.

No doubt the major search engines like Google, Yahoo and MSN perform very well crawling the Internet to locate web sites to be include in the search results provided for users but they are limited by the scale of operation required to provide a Global service. VicSearch Directory bridges the gap delivering search results that have been selected as the most appropriate resources for the needs of rural Australian Internet users.

VicSearch Directory Search database is growing with new entries being added every week and the flow of traffic to the site is rising steadily. To compile a complete set of records covering all the best Internet resources for Victoria is a huge task that will never be totally complete.